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Florian Pilz, better known as AudioPilz to most people, is a Music Tech YouTuber. He became known through his video series Bad Gear, in which he reviews music tech gear with a lot of humor and entertainment that may become less popular. He mainly covers gear that was badly designed or simply failed on the market like the Akai TimberWolf.

And the way he approaches these products is refreshingly different and unique. He criticizes harshly them, at the same time he shows that you can make music with these. He wants to show that many products from the pad are wrongly labeled as bad gear, which I find an interesting approach. Yes there is bad gear, but not all.

The largest music house from Austria Klangfarben in Vienna recently invited him to a good gear live performance. Including the Dreadbox Erebus 3 and Ashun Sound Machines Hydrasynth. A very nice performance, can only recommend it.

So we decided to bring the artist to you via video-recorded performances and interviews. One of the guests was Florian aka AudioPliz who also did an excellent performance for the Signal Zirkus. And with an utterly unique gear setup.

With show selections ranging from the everyday to more esoteric areas of the gear world, his focus is on cutting through marketing speak to reveal the limitations of products as well as the opportunities they create.

He ended up quitting music production and technology, returning to university, then taking on what he describes as a proper job in an office. Bored, he ended up leaving without a plan, then Covid arrived and he launched the channel.

Jim Ottewill is an author and freelance music journalist with more than a decade of experience writing for the likes of Mixmag, FACT, Resident Advisor, Hyponik, Music Tech and MusicRadar. Alongside journalism, Jim's dalliances in dance music include partying everywhere from cutlery factories in South Yorkshire to warehouses in Portland Oregon. As a distinctly small-time DJ, he's played records to people in a variety of places stretching from Sheffield to Berlin, broadcast on Soho Radio and promoted early gigs from the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and more."}), " -0-10/js/authorBio.js"); } else console.error('%c FTE ','background: #9306F9; color: #ffffff','no lazy slice hydration function available'); Jim OttewillSocial Links NavigationJim Ottewill is an author and freelance music journalist with more than a decade of experience writing for the likes of Mixmag, FACT, Resident Advisor, Hyponik, Music Tech and MusicRadar. Alongside journalism, Jim's dalliances in dance music include partying everywhere from cutlery factories in South Yorkshire to warehouses in Portland Oregon. As a distinctly small-time DJ, he's played records to people in a variety of places stretching from Sheffield to Berlin, broadcast on Soho Radio and promoted early gigs from the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and more.

Theres an ongoing trend of making all edges of midi keyboards have sharp square edges.
Its a special kind of evil when corners near keybed are sharp, but outer edges are rounded.
This is akin to having spikes on a guitar neck, there is no fucntion in this design.
Only benefit it might provide is that 3d designer for the mold can spend less time on it.

I think boxy look has its place, especially for stacking things together. Elektron sound modules for example are just fine with it.
Model cycles/sample have smoother edges because they are intended to be not only sound modules, but main controllers aswel.

In general, if its strictly a controller for other gear, i dont see a reason to go form over function.
Unless you are stacking midi keyboards next to each other, there is no benefit for boxyness other than for the look.

I will follow the flow eventually, and im happy that i can talk to someone about issues that might be only relevant to me. What made me create this topic initially - i noticed that keyboard that is great for my setup, has been disconnected and not used for a long while now.
Sure one can say that problem is entirely within the user and be entirely correct, but it also doesnt nullify my expirience of checking out midi keyboard market and not seeing much variety.
Difficult to find a keyboard that has modern features and wont hurt my baby hands.

Uli Behringer is the founder of the famed gear brand Behringer, which is sometimes viewed as controversial due to its emulations of popular or classic gear, often offered for significantly lower prices. Though many may view such a statement as bold, AudioPilz is the guy famed for running a meme-based series after all, so he could just be pulling our leg on his proclamation of love Mr. Behringer himself.